Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

40 reviews

sarahfeller's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Medical content, Alcoholism, Car accident, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Gore, Grief, Murder, Addiction, Blood, Cancer, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Animal death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, War, Mental illness, Violence, and Vomit

indydc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gore, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Body horror, Gun violence, Murder, Animal death, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, Medical trauma, and Violence

Moderate: War, Kidnapping, Medical content, Fatphobia, and Cancer

sarahemhavens's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Medical content, Blood, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement

lindscrone's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Medical content

sarahflanders's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, and Pregnancy

fink1129's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Death, Grief, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Car accident, Confinement, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Vomit, and Cancer

momsmagicreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Medical content, Pregnancy, Vomit, Addiction, Car accident, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

sadiejericho's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Truly excellent. Gorgeous and vivid descriptions of Alaska. Characters are put though challenge after challenge. There are parts where the tension is so thick you’re totally stressed out by their choices. Leads to a compelling story I stayed up past 2am to finish and it stuck with me after I finished. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death of parent, Violence, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexism, Murder, Medical content, Terminal illness, War, and Car accident

Minor: Torture

madelinedalton's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

The beginning was slow and the plot devices used at the end felt very contrived, but I otherwise had a good time reading this. 

I also found Large Marge to be a problematic caricature of Black women that relied on harmful stereotypes. Especially knowing that the author is white, it made me uncomfortable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Death, Medical content, Emotional abuse, and Sexual violence

jneverland's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Medical content, Mental illness, and War